PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the signing of academy forward Foster Langsdorf as an MLS Homegrown Player for the 2018 season. Langsdorf becomes the second product of the Timbers Academy program to sign a Homegrown Player contract since the club’s inaugural season in 2011.
Langsdorf, 22, capped off a four-year career at Stanford University (2014-2017) in which he helped lead the Cardinal to three straight NCAA National Championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and four straight Pac-12 titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). Individually, Langsdorf finished his collegiate career as the Pac-12 career leader in points (86) and goals (37), while twice garnering Pac-12 Player of the Year honors (2016, 2017) and All-Pac 12 First-Team honors (2016, 2017).